Archive for December, 2010
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY ONE
- Only One Day Till Christmas – Ironically, the following blog was written a day before Christmas, but due to some technical difficulties with our website, I was unable to post it until today. I say “ironically,” because this post is about the challenge of waiting. I was ready to post this, but I had [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY TWO
- Invitation to An Unexpected Christmas – Christmas is a great time for the unexpected. One of the best unexpected gifts I ever received came from my husband, Phil, seven years ago. It came on a Christmas after a long stretch of financial struggle. Our family had been living with my parents for more than [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY THREE
- Invitation to Open Your Hand – Have you ever heard the story about how to catch a monkey? Supposedly in Africa and India, the natives will hollow out a coconut and put a peanut or banana inside. When the monkey reaches inside to grad the food and wrap their fist around it, they are [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY FOUR
- Invitation to A Flash Mob – The Bible tells us that the shepherds “made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.” (Luke 2:17) These guys could not keep this news to themselves. They had front row tickets to the [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY FIVE
- Invitation to Re-Gift – Have you ever experienced that awkward moment of opening a gift and thinking, “What on earth am I going to do with this?” Then you try to think of someone to pass the gift onto. Or it gets tossed into the “white elephant” pile, for the next gift exchange. Most [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY SIX
- Invitation to Be Amazed – Often we’ll be getting ready to go somewhere and I’ll tell my sons, “Okay boys, time to get your shoes on.” So off they’ll trot to find their shoes and inevitably, at least one of them will say, “Mom, I can’t find my shoes anywhere.” And as they’re saying [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY SEVEN
- Invitation to Remember – It’s raining today and I’m thinking about my father-in-law, Murt, who passed away four years ago. I’ve been thinking about him a lot recently and wishing he could be here to enjoy Christmas with us. Alice, my mother-in-love (as she prefers to be called), will be arriving in a couple [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY EIGHT
- Invitation to Notice the Christmas Lights – I am a huge fan of twinkle lights. Just ask my husband. Phil loves Christmas as much as anyone, but I think my Christmas enthusiasm can still overwhelm him at times. Each year our home becomes a Christmas-palooza of twinkle lights. These tiny sparkles of light make [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY NINE
I Corinthians 13 – A Christmas Version Today’s post is a bit different. I came across the following version of the “Love Chapter” in the Bible a few years ago (source unknown), and have always wanted a place to share it. So today, if you’re feeling distracted or harried, consider this my gift (and God’s gift) to [...]
12 Days of Christmas Countdown – DAY TEN
- Invitation to Weight on God – This past year God has been freeing me from my addiction to food – and by His grace I’ve lost 85 pounds. (Praise God!) Today I feel more free than ever in regard to food. And as I head toward Christmas weighing less, God is inviting me to [...]
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